How to maximize the availability of your drive system Availability is one of the key criteria for the end users according to numerous surveys and direct feedback. Unplanned downtime is simply too expensive and shall be avoided. At the same time multiple redundancies may not be economically viable (high investment Read more…
Sustainable drive systems throughout the entire life cycle Sustainability is a popular word in today’s dictionary. In our opinion this is very good as long as the efforts are sincere and it is not just marketing. Variable frequency drives (VFD) help reducing energy consumption, especially in variable flow applications such Read more…
Reliability and availabilityPart 5: Factors impacting availability High availability is a key measure for many companies in today’s world in order to be competitive and to survive. If a supplier cannot deliver in contractually agreed date (delay) or cannot deliver the agreed quantity, he might face hard financial consequences (penalties, Read more…
How to choose a medium voltage VFD:Life cycle cost What is life cycle cost (LCC)? The definition from business dictionary (www.businessdictionary.com) says: Sum of all recurring and one-time (non-recurring) costs over the full life span or a specified period of a good, service, structure, or system. In includes purchase price, Read more…